Sunday, December 03, 2006
~ 10:50 AM ~
Having an asian name has always been an internal battle of positives vs. negatives for me.
Ever since I was little, I hated people calling me by my full first name (and nope, Kae is not it hehe). They would often pronounce it wrong (as in Hi Kai, or Hi Key), spell it wrong ("Kaye, Kay), or just get it wrong completely (for awhile in year three, I let them call me "Choo" because they decided to be clever and reverse my surname with my name and I was too scared and intimidated to speak up).
Since growing up, none of that has changed. There have been a million times where people just call me "Kim", or where people have stopped trying and now call me "KC" (not that pronouncing Kae is very hard - it's just pronounced like the letter "K).
Part of me however, love that my name is spelt the way it is. It's not the boring old english lady way of Kay or Kaye, and the K-A-E makes me feel like i'm from an exotic hideaway branching into society (well... not really...).
According to this, there are zero of my in the USA (and that's okay, because I dont particularly like Americans hehe).
So , given the rarity of my name, whenever I see parts of my name printed elsewhere, I get doubly excited.
During my irc days, there was someone online called "kaede" and I used to stalk this person just to find out if they were anything like me.. (yes, rather sad).. hehe
And the other day, I found a box of peanuts by a label called "poh-kae" .. I made a mental note to take a photo of it for keepsakes, but the peanuts were finished and thrown out by the time I got to them.
And the best find of all ? My friend in highschool saved this little wrapper for me, and I have since saved it for future reference.. It sums me right up - I'm quite a Banana, and I'm definitely SUPER :)
Does anyone else have identity issues like me?? :) hehe
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